A war between a tiny Fla. town and two Orthodox Jewish congregations that are squatting in zoning districts that forbid houses of worship has spawned three pending federal lawsuits. The suits pit the town's interest in preserving its zoning code against the two synagogues. The town's litigation is one of the first controversies under a new state law that allows governments to "substantially burden" the free exercise of religion if necessary to serve a "compelling government interest."
July 02, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Members of Young Israel of Bal Harbour had just finished reading fromthe Torah one Saturday last March when a woman walked in with a camera.Like a bolt from heaven, she took flash pictures of mostly elderlywomen in their prayer shawls and Sabbath best, and quickly left.
“We were just stunned. It happened so fast,” said Bernard Lack,president of the small temple in Surfside. “It was just two flashes,and she didn’t stay at all.”
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